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Jackie Robinson (legendary black second baseman) visits Bucknell
These photographs and Student Church pamphlets from February 1949 advertise the presence of a legend on campus. As the first African American to play…
Students Register Voters in Virginia
These articles from the Bucknellian and the Sunbury Daily Item from April 1965 praise campus activism. The activism in question is that, for the second year in a row, 13 Bucknell students spent their spring breaks registering voters with the YWCA.…
Our Concern for Civil Rights: A Time to Act
This is an article from the 1963 YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) newsletter, “Cues,” that was saved by the Christian Association at Bucknell. The article gives a brief summary of the civil rights movement that is currently happening…
Equal Opportunities Committee’s Statement of Purpose
In this official university correspondence from September 1965, Bucknell forms an Equal Opportunities Committee composed of students and faculty who seek to demonstrate to the Bucknell community the discrimination and disadvantages facing members of…